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Topic: Ropes on Lions Head (Read 14522 times)

If someone wants to put fixed lines up for a day to get his friends or clients up, fine, but take them down after. Fixed lines ruin the fun of climbing the mountain on your own. I've never been a fan of fixed lines, ladders, rungs, or carved steps anywhere in the mountains. If you can't do it on your own without the aid of something someone has built for you, you have no business up there.

I understand exactly what you guys mean. Take the fixed lines down!! It takes away MY wilderness experience. No screws either. I can't stand seeing the holes left in the ice by those things. Don't even get me started on crampons. People should be able to get up the trail without the aid of something some company built for you. Those crampons scratch the rock and ice and leave marks all over the place. It ruins MY experience looking at all that irreversible damage.

You shouldn't be able to hire a guide either. That would solve everything.

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I'm going to rob banks til I retire or get caught.. Either way I'm set for life!

darwined

I understand exactly what you guys mean. Take the fixed lines down!! It takes away MY wilderness experience. No screws either. I can't stand seeing the holes left in the ice by those things. Don't even get me started on crampons. People should be able to get up the trail without the aid of something some company built for you. Those crampons scratch the rock and ice and leave marks all over the place. It ruins MY experience looking at all that irreversible damage.

You shouldn't be able to hire a guide either. That would solve everything.

Fail. You don't leave your screws on a climb for weeks at a time

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DLottmann

I understand exactly what you guys mean. Take the fixed lines down!! It takes away MY wilderness experience. No screws either. I can't stand seeing the holes left in the ice by those things. Don't even get me started on crampons. People should be able to get up the trail without the aid of something some company built for you. Those crampons scratch the rock and ice and leave marks all over the place. It ruins MY experience looking at all that irreversible damage.

You shouldn't be able to hire a guide either. That would solve everything.

Ropes that aren't directly in use by the party that placed them have a right to be moved. Of course, they can also be handy in many contexts. Lion's Head seems a little overkill for fixed ropes but who am I to judge?

I can see why the fixed rope was removed but cutting it up was a bit over the top IMO, as was tying it to the pack like he just scalped someone...seriously...